JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.
Scotland
V
Argentina
Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 14:10 Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Headlines:
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This will be the first time that Scotland and Argentina have met at the IRB Junior World Championships. 10 of Scotland’s starting line up have started every match in the tournament so far, more than any other team. Scotland captain DUNCAN WEIR has scored 80 points in total in the IRB Junior World Championships, which puts him in fifth position on the all time list. Scotland wing KERR GOSSMAN is the only player on either side who has scored more than one try in the IRB Junior World Championships.
2011 Records >> Points Points 68 55 51
Match summary:
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Scotland finished bottom of Pool C with no points after losing all three matches but ensured their place in next year’s IRB Junior World Championships with a convincing 30-11 win over Tonga. Argentina finished third in Pool A and joined the three bottom teams in the play off semi finals for ninth place. They beat Italy for the second time in the tournament with a narrow 12-8 victory thanks to four penalty goals by BRIAN ORMSON, who starts on the replacements bench on Sunday.
Team news:
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Scotland have named an unchanged team from the side that started against Tonga, which means that no fewer than 10 of their starting line up will have started all five matches in the tournament. By contrast, Argentina have made nine changes to their starting line up from the team that beat Italy. The only players to retain their places are lock CESAR FRUTTERO, number eight MARTIN IGNES, scrum half RAMIRO BARONIO, centres MATIAS ORLANDO and JERONIMO De La FUENTE and MANUEL MONTERO, who moves to full back from the wing and is the only player in the Argentina side that has started in every match.
IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures Scotland (all time tournament record):
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Finished 10th in 2008 and 2010 and ninth in 2009. Have won five out of seven matches played in the play off stages. Conceded 577 points in total, which is the third highest overall after Fiji and Tonga. Conceded 74 tries overall, which is also third highest overall after Fiji and Tonga
Player Gareth Anscombe
New Zealand
Johan Goosen
South Africa
Josateki Lalagavesi
Fiji
>> Tries Tries 5
Player Christian Wade
England
5
Charles Piutau
5
Francois Venter
New Zealand South Africa
All Time Records >> Points Points 118
Player Tom Homer
England
116
Matthew Jarvis
105
Francois Brummer
Wales
South Africa
>> Tries Tries
Player Zac Guildford
Argentina (all time tournament record):
10
•
9
Andrew Conway
8
Julian Savea
8
Ryuhei Arita
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Argentina finished eighth in 2008, 11th in 2009 and sixth in 2010, when they hosted the tournament. Have won three of the seven matches played in the Play off stages, beating Fiji in 2009 and Wales in a penalty shoot out last year before Wednesday’s 12-8 win over Italy. Kicked four drop goals in total, the joint highest of any team alongside South Africa.
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Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 14:10 Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Scotland
Argentina
JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd) Lets get physical
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Team
Players Aged 20
Players Aged 18
Average Height (cm)
Average Height of Pack
Players 185 cm or taller
Average Weight (kg)
Average Weight of Pack
Players 100 kg +
Scotland
7
3
188
190
9
96
104
7
Argentina
6
3
185
189
6
96
105
6
There is very little to choose between the two sides on age, height or weight.
The tall guys
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Scotland second row forward ROBERT McALPINE is the tallest man on the pitch at 200 cm (6ft 6ins) and stands two cm above Argentina’s twin peaks of CESAR FRUTTERO and JUAN CRUZ GUILLEMAIN.
The heavyweight division
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The combined weight of the Argentina pack is 836 kg, which gives them a 10 kg advantage over Scotland in the scrum. Argentina’s tighthead prop JONATHAN MARCHETTA is the heaviest man on the pitch at 125 kg (19st 10lb) and has a 12 kg advantage over his opposite number, COLIN PHILLIPS, who is Scotland’s heaviest player.
History
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This will be the first time that Scotland and Argentina have met at the IRB Junior World Championships.
Experience
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Scotland have three players in the starting line up with previous experience in the Junior World Championships; prop COLIN PHILLIPS and lock forward ROBERT McALPINE each started one match and captain DUNCAN WEIR played in four matches and kicked 46 points, including eight conversions from nine attempts. Scotland came into this tournament having finished bottom of the 2010 Under 20 Six Nations Championships earlier this year, losing all five matches played and scoring just 23 points in total. Seven of the players in their starting line up appeared in all five of those defeats. Full back MANUEL MONTERO is the only one of Argentina’s starting line up that played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championships, where he started four matches.
Top five points scorer
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Scotland captain DUNCAN WEIR has scored 80 points in total in the IRB Junior World Championships, which puts him in fifth position on the all time list. Only three players have reached 100 points and he is just two points behind fourth placed New Zealander TYLER BLEYENDAAL.
Sole man
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Scotland wing KERR GOSSMAN is the only player on the pitch who has scored more than one try in the IRB Junior World Championships, having crossed the line against both England and Tonga.
Birthday boy
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Scotland full back STUART HOGG celebrated his 20th birthday on Friday.
The man in the middle
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MATHIEU RAYNAL of France takes charge of this match, his fourth in IRB Junior World Championship competition and his third involving Scotland, who lost 33-0 to South Africa in the first round of Pool matches but beat Tonga 30-11 on Wednesday. He also officiated in Argentina’s 27-3 win over Italy in the Pool stages, showing a yellow card to NAHUEL LOBO, who starts on the replacements bench this weekend.
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Scotland
Argentina
Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. 15 Stuart Hogg
SCOTLAND Matches #: 20
Replacements
Hawick
14
13
12
11
Mark Bennett
Sam Atkin
Danny Gilmour
Kerr Gossman
Ayr
Edinburgh Academicals
Stirling County
Glasgow Hawks
10
9
Duncan Weir (C)
Sean Kennedy
Glasgow Warriors
Stirling County
Key Stats
8 James Tyas Bath Rugby
6 Mitch Eadie
7
5 Mitch Todd
West of Scotland
Nottingham
Filton College
3
# Caps Starting Lineup: 67 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Colin Phillips (20) Youngest Player: Mark Bennett (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 103 kg
Hamish Watson
4
Robert McAlpine
16 Michael Liness (Edinburgh Academicals) 17 George Hunter (Glasgow Hawks) 18 Robin Hislop (Boroughmuir) 19 Jamie Swanson (Glasgow Academy) 20 Jamie Stevenson (Westcombe Park RFC) 21 Glenn Bryce (Heriot’s FP) 22 Alex Spence (Heriot’s FP)
Leicester Tigers
Officials
2
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France) - 3 Matches
1
Colin Phillips
Richard Ferguson
Alex Allan
Edinburgh Rugby
Melrose
Harrogate
Matches at Venue: 2 Matches Scotland: 2 Matches Argentina: 1 Matches Match Debut: 10/06/2011 - South Africa v Scotland
Assistant Referee: JP Doyle (England)
1 Ignacio Saenz
2 Lucas Sartori (C)
Jonathan Marchetta
Club Atlético de San Isidro
San Cirano
6
Match Official 4: Alessandro Cason (Italy)
Pucara
4 Joaquin Camacho
Assistant Referee: Joao Mourinha (Portugal)
3
Match Official 5: Simone Boaretto (Italy)
5
Juan Cruz Guillemaín
César Fruttero
Jockey Club
Jockey Club de Villa María
Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club
7 Juan Lafontana
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario
8 Martín Ignes
16 Diego Fortuny (Salta University) 17 Nahuel Lobo (Estudiantes de Paraná) 18 Matias Alemanno (La Tablada) 19 Miguel Urtubey (Newman) 20 Brian Ormson (Pucara) 21 Matias Masera (Belgrano BA) 22 Pablo Kantarovsky (Jockey Club)
Manuel Belgrano
9
10
Ramiro Baronio
Sebastián Poet
Jockey Club
Atlético del Rosario
11
12
Replacements
13
14
Javier Rojas
Matías Orlando
Jerónimo De La Fuente
Rodrigo Ponce De León
Tucumán University
Huirapuca
Duendes
Tala
15 Manuel Montero
Key Stats # Caps Starting Lineup: 52 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: César Fruttero (20) Youngest Player: Sebastián Poet (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 104 kg
Pucara ARGENTINA Matches #: 20
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Scotland
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Peter Wright Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v South Africa (L 0-33) 25.00% 1.50
JWC Record Under Peter Wright 3 Lost
Date
Opponent
Result
Venue
22/06/2011
Tonga
W
30
11
Rovigo
18/06/2011
Ireland
L
13
30
Rovigo
14/06/2011
England
L
18
39
Treviso
10/06/2011
South Africa
L
0
33
Padova
21/06/2010
Ireland
L
23
53
Paraná
1 Wins
0 Drawn
61 For
Points
113 Against
6 For
Tries
13 Against
5 For
Conversions
9 Against
Points For
84
6 For
Penalties
10 Against
Points Ag
166
1 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Tries For
8
Tries Ag
20
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
Alex Allan Richard Ferguson Colin Phillips Mitch Todd Robert McAlpine Mitch Eadie Hamish Watson James Tyas Sean Kennedy Duncan Weir (C) Kerr Gossman Danny Gilmour Sam Atkin Mark Bennett Stuart Hogg
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 20 20 20 18 19 19 20 20 19 20 19 18 19
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 09/06/2010 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
4 4 6 4 7 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 4 2
0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80 10 5 0 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total
67
9
0
18
0
49
105
6
12
16
1
22/06/2011 05/06/2010 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011
1 8 4 4 4 4 2
1 7 4 3 4 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 1 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 5 3 3 3 3 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Liness George Hunter Robin Hislop Jamie Swanson Jamie Stevenson Glenn Bryce Alex Spence
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
20 19 19 18 19 20 19
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Scotland Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Peter Horne
4 - Grant Anderson
80 - Duncan Weir
10 - Rob Harley
4 - Stuart McInally
37 - Peter Horne
10 - Stuart McInally
2 - Kerr Gossman
28 - Stephen McColl
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
20 - Duncan Weir v Tonga on 22/06/2011
Points:
41 v USA on 14/06/2008
Tries:
2 - 3 players
Tries:
6 v USA on 14/06/2008
Conversions:
4 - 2 players
Conversions:
4 on 2 Occasions
Penalties:
3 - 4 players
Penalties:
3 on 5 Occasions
Drop Goals:
1 - Duncan Weir v England on 14/06/2011
Drop Goals:
1 v England on 14/06/2011
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Argentina
JWC Recent Matches
JWC Record Under: Damian Rotondo Debut: Winning Ratio: Average Tries per Match:
10/06/2011 v Wales (L 8-34) 50.00% 1.50
Date
Opponent
22/06/2011
Italy
W
12
8
Rovigo
18/06/2011
New Zealand
L
15
48
Padova
2 Lost
14/06/2011
Italy
W
27
3
Rovigo
JWC Record Under Damian Rotondo
Result
Venue
2 Wins
0 Drawn
62 For
Points
93 Against
10/06/2011
Wales
L
8
34
Padova
6 For
Tries
12 Against
21/06/2010
France
L
23
37
Santa Fe
4 For
Conversions
9 Against
8 For
Penalties
5 Against
0 For
Drop Goals
0 Against
Points For
85
Points Ag
130
Tries For
9
Tries Ag
17
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information Player Ignacio Saenz Lucas Sartori (C) Jonathan Marchetta Juan Cruz Guillemaín César Fruttero Joaquin Camacho Juan Lafontana Martín Ignes Ramiro Baronio Sebastián Poet Javier Rojas Matías Orlando Jerónimo De La Fuente Rodrigo Ponce De León Manuel Montero Diego Fortuny Nahuel Lobo Matias Alemanno Miguel Urtubey Brian Ormson Matias Masera Pablo Kantarovsky
Pos
Age
Debut
Caps
Caps as Sub
Caps v Opponent
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points
Tries
Cons
Pens
DGs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 19 18 20 18 19 19 20 18 20 19 20 20 19
10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 14/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 10/06/2011 18/06/2011 05/06/2010
3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 1 8
1 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 5
0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
52
19
0
24
0
28
15
3
0
0
0
14/06/2011 10/06/2011 09/06/2010 10/06/2011 05/06/2010 05/06/2010 09/06/2010
2 4 6 4 9 9 3
0 2 1 0 1 3 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 3 2 4 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 3 2 5 5 3
0 0 0 0 32 5 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 4 0 0
0 0 0 0 8 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
19 19 19 20 20 20 19
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Argentina Caps
Tries
Points
10 - Santiago Guzmán
6 - Tomás De La Vega
33 - Benjamín Madero
10 - Tomás De La Vega
2 - Juan Pablo Estelles
32 - Brian Ormson
10 - Alan Kessen
2 - Ramiro Moyano
30 - Tomás De La Vega
Player Records (In a Match)
Team Records (In a Match)
Points:
15 - Benjamín Madero v Tonga on 10/06/2008
Points:
33 v Uruguay on 09/06/2009
Tries:
2 - Tomás De La Vega v France on 21/06/2010
Tries:
5 v Uruguay on 09/06/2009
Conversions:
3 - Brian Ormson v Italy on 14/06/2011
Conversions:
3 on 2 Occasions
Penalties:
4 - Brian Ormson v Italy on 22/06/2011
Penalties:
4 on 2 Occasions
1 - 4 players
Drop Goals:
1 on 4 Occasions
Drop Goals:
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